LOOK OUT, DEMOCRACY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100830019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: December 22, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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Sen. Joseph Clark of Pennsyll 2) The Central Intelligen e
vania sat in front of the mike, and Agency;
his questioner was interested in the ' _. ,. 3The (shudder) Federal Bureau
plight of American democracy. of Investigation.
How seriously is its survival threat These, according to Senator
ened and whence comes the at- Clark, are not merely among' the
tack? dangers to democracy.. They are,
"There are three major threats in his words, the "three major
`to the successful survival of Ameri- threats". And it follows logically
can democracy," Senator Clark re- that if all three Were abolished
.plied, knitting his brows into a. forthwith, American democracy
,frown. If you think communism could breathe a sigh of relief. What
was among them,-you are entitled would be left to fear?
to another think. Senator Clark, American democracy is threat- !V.
glancing furtively over his shoulder ened. Of that, there can . be no
(one imagines), listed the dangers doubt. But Senator Clark's list is, n
in this order of importance: a fit,object of considerable doubt.
1) The "military-industrial com Somewhere among the top few dan-'.
!plea" - a modern and not :too gers, there ought to be a place for
sophisticated version of the' simple that ' curious failing among the
,minded theory, current during electorate that enables men of so
World War I and after, that "muni-' little perception to be seated in the
tions makers make wars''; Senate of the United States. x
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